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Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose ramped up his attacks on the state government for its inability to maintain law and order, describing the situation as bizarre. In a scathing statement Friday, he argued that the public cannot distinguish between criminals and police. The...

Kanpur: At least 20 coaches of the Sabarmati Express passenger train derailed in Uttar Pradesh early Saturday morning, a Railway Board official said. The incident occurred at 2:30 a.m. near Kanpur railway station as the train was travelling to Jhansi. Fortunately, no casualties were reported,...

New Delhi: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will arrive Indira Gandhi Internationa Airport, after facing a devastating turn of events when she was disqualified from the 50 kg gold medal match after being found 100 grams overweight during the official weigh-in in the Paris Olympics. In...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday accused the opposition CPI(M) and the BJP of orchestrating vandalism at RG Kar hospital and attempting to obscure the truth behind the rape and murder of a woman doctor by spreading fake news on social media. Reiterating...

New Delhi: Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government in Bangladesh, called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday, assuring protection, safety and security of Hindus and all other minorities in his country. This is the first conversation between Modi and Yunus after he...

New Delhi: Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir after nearly a decade in three phases from September 18, setting the stage for the people of the union territory to elect a government after the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019. The Election...

New Delhi: Amid widespread protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the Union Health Ministry Friday said the heads of institutions will be responsible for filing an institutional FIR within six hours of an incident of violence against any healthcare...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has transferred several officials, including deputy commissioners, a couple of weeks after the Election Commission directed the poll-bound states to transfer out officers posted in their home districts. The Election Commission will announce the schedule for assembly elections Friday...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Friday observed that mob violence at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was an absolute failure of state machinery in West Bengal. The court directed the police and the hospital authority to file affidavits on the incident. A division...

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association has announced a 24-hour nationwide withdrawal of non-emergency services from 6am August 17 to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and...